521 Quotes by Plutarch

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Character is simply habit long continued.

I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.

If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

A fool cannot hold his tongue.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Nor is drunkenness censured for anything so much as its intemperate and endless talk.